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NTT DoCoMo to Terminate CITYPHONE Service

TOKYO, JAPAN, April 27, 2007 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its regional subsidiaries NTT DoCoMo Tokai, Inc. and NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc. today announced that they will terminate CITYPHONE™, a 1.5GHz digital mobile service offered primarily for use within specific urban areas including Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, on June 30, 2008.

DoCoMo will inform CITYPHONE subscribers of details and related information about the termination and introduce alternative services, such as the popular FOMA™ 3G mobile service, via postal mail and other means.

DoCoMo stopped accepting new applications for the service on September 30, 2004.

About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company. DoCoMo serves more than 52 million customers, including 35 million people subscribing to FOMA™, launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode™, the world's most popular mobile e-mail/Internet service, used by more than 47 million people. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DoCoMo mobile phones have become highly versatile tools for daily life. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com.

i-mode, FOMA and CITYPHONE are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.

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